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PARIS (AP) — It’s been a golden summer for Spanish soccer. Less than a month after winning the European Championship, Spain followed up with a thrilling 5-3 extra-time victory in the Olympic men’s final against France on Friday. Sergio Camello’s two goals at Parc des Princes eventually...

Spain wins gold in men's soccer, shattering France's hopes of home success

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It's the first time since 1996 that the host country will play for a gold medal in men's basketball

2024 Paris Olympics: Victor Wembanyama lifts France to gold-medal match after thrilling win over Germany

Finally, the gold medal game. There aren’t many bigger than this in women’s soccer. It’s the biggest game the USWNT has played since the 2019 Women’s World Cup Final. It’s the first time the USWNT has played for a gold medal since 2012 in London. But they aren’t the only team playing in this gold medal game. Brazil has never won a major international tournament and hopes to send their greatest star, Marta, off in style.

USWNT vs. Brazil preview: USA pushing for 5th gold

The USWNT is one match away from their ultimate goal after making their way through a grueling Olympic tournament to advance to Saturday's gold medal game against Brazil. This will be the third Olympic gold medal match meeting for the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup finalists, with the US defeating Brazil at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Games to top the podium.

USWNT Battles Brazil for Olympic Gold

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev won Olympic gold in the Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-around final.Varfolomeev topped the rotations in hoop (36.300), ball (36.500) and clubs (36.350) and came second in the ribbon (33.700) to score a total 142.850 points.Bulgaria’s Boryana Kaleyn won the silver with 140.600 points and Italy's 2023 World Championships silver medallist Sofia Raffaeli took the bronze medal with 136.300 points.Having made her senior debut in 2022, Varfolomeev earned her first world title in the clubs before becoming the youngest gymnast to achieve the feat of a clean sweep of four apparatus finals and the all-around title at the 2023 World Championships.

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev wins Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-round gold

Kamala Harris's vice-presidential pick Tim Walz has drawn attention halfway across the world in China. Chinese social media users have been discussing how Mr Walz spent a year teaching in the south-eastern province of Guangdong in 1989 - a topic that was trending on Weibo with 12 million views. He...

'Harris's no 2 taught in China': Chinese internet reacts to Walz

A medical tribunal has found a doctor's fitness to practise to be impaired for writing false prescriptions. Dr Marc Whitehouse admitted to writing prescriptions while impersonating a chief medical examiner on five occasions between March 2016 and December 2018. At a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, it was also...

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

A drug dealer has been jailed for three years and eight months after admitting selling crack cocaine and heroin in Worcester. Kai Stretton was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday after police found evidence of his drug line operation on seized phones. The 18-year-old admitted two counts of being...

Dealer sentenced as drugs line shut down

Police urge the public to stop circulating the video and remain calm as they investigate.

Video of alleged gang-rape sparks uproar in Tanzania

PARIS -- France is set for a big basketball weekend to cap the Paris Olympics with both the men's and women's teams playing for gold medals. And they're playing the Americans. It's not surprising the men's team made it to the title game. They lost to the U.S. at the Tokyo Games three years ago in the title game and this time around are led by NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama.

Big basketball weekend for France at Paris Olympics as the men's and women's teams play for gold

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Actor Bob Denver, who passed away in 2005, will forever be remembered for his leading role on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. Denver also played another famous TV character: the beatnik-type Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

TV's 'Gilligan Island' Stars Dawn Wells and Bob Denver and Their Controversy Behind the Scenes

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A woman is suspected of stealing a package from a Woodbridge doorstep on July 10, according to the Irvine Police Department . The police believe she may be responsible for other thefts. Her bag appears to say, “Here are a few of my favorite things.” Unfortunately, the things in her bag belong to other people.

The Irvine Police are on the hunt for a chubby package thief on a scooter

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Emma Hayes may be making her players “suffer” at the Olympics, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. women’s national team coach wants to keep it that way.
Hayes has led the USWNT to Saturday’s gold medal match against Brazil, keeping her subs to a minimum amid a grueling Olympic schedule.
The match in Paris will be the USWNT’s sixth game in 17 days at the Olympics. Amid a competition that only allows 18-player rosters, limiting teams to two rest days between games creates a tournament that is challenging to player welfare.
Ahead of the gold medal match, Hayes called on organizers to reconsider...

USWNT coach Hayes calls for change to Olympics schedule

This year's festival in Scarborough is no longer going ahead, organisers have announced.

Music festival cancelled due to low ticket sales

Tens of thousands of women who have gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone-strengthening drug, says the medicines watchdog National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Abaloparatide can protect against the bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis, which causes a high risk of broken bones in older age.

Bone-building drug coming for post-menopause women

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Brazilian will get fitting farewell after red card heartbreak but whatever the outcome change is needed at the Games

Moving the Goalposts | Magic end for Marta or stunning start for Hayes? Olympics delivers perfect final

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For more than 160 years, Macy's has been much more than a department store. It's a cornerstone of American shopping, with generations eager to buy everything from back-to-school clothes to holiday gifts. But now it is a surprise that the store has been forced to close, leaving millions to wonder how such a powerful and fast-moving brand could be defeated. Macy's, the US retail giant, now faces a difficult future. Signs of trouble have been showing for several years, including declining traffic, aging stores, and an inability to keep up with a fast-paced retail environment. However, experts say the real story is corporate mismanagement, intense competition, and a lack of innovation.

The Fall of Macy's: Inside the Collapse of America's Largest Merchant

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PARIS (AP) — It’s been a golden summer for Spanish soccer. Less than a month after winning the European Championship, Spain followed up with a thrilling 5-3 extra-time victory in the Olympic men’s final against France on Friday. Sergio Camello’s two goals eventually settled an epic match...

Spain takes gold after 5-3 win against France in Olympic men’s soccer final

A woman will have to pay £12,958 and carry out 100 hours of unpaid work after being found with hundreds of fake designer handbags which she planned to sell. Kesini Krueanarong, 46, from Salisbury, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of being in possession of counterfeit designer handbags in the course of a business.

Fake designer bag seller is fined £13,000

British diver Yasmin Harper says her Olympic bronze medal is showing signs of tarnishing after American skateboarder Nyjah Huston criticised the quality of his medal.

Harper and Huston say Paris 2024 medals have tarnished

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'Stuff of dreams' as Hayes seeks gold with US against Marta's Brazil

Emma Hayes said leading the United States women's team into Saturday's Olympic gold-medal match against Brazil is \"the stuff dreams are made of\". The 47-year-old is...

Emma Hayes said leading the United States women's team into Saturday's Olympic gold-medal match against Brazil is "the stuff dreams are made of". The 47-year-old is...

'Stuff of dreams' as Hayes seeks gold with US against Marta's Brazil

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